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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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